I would like to have the following in a text file
name=missy [email protected]
Is it possible to read that into a text file and be able to call the variables $name and $email
Or what is the best way of doing this?
Thank you for all the help
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I'm not sure I understand your question correctly. Are you trying to read from a text file, or to write into it ?Kewin Dousse– Kewin Dousse2014-11-26 23:18:05 +00:00Commented Nov 26, 2014 at 23:18
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Read from it and use in a bash scriptprogramiss– programiss2014-11-26 23:22:12 +00:00Commented Nov 26, 2014 at 23:22
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Sure, this is the first way that comes to mind:
#!bash
# set for loop separator to newline
IFS=$'\n'
# loop through each line in the file
for userline in $(cat email_list.txt); do
# Cut delimiter is a space for the next two lines
# echo the line into cut, grab the first field as the user
user=$(echo "$userline" | cut -d' ' -f1)
# echo the line into cut, grab the second field as the email
email=$(echo "$userline" | cut -d' ' -f2)
# Set the delimiter an =, grab field 2
user=$(echo "$user" | cut -d'=' -f2)
# Set the delimiter an =, grab field 2
email=$(echo "$email" | cut -d'=' -f2)
echo "Username: ${user}, email address: ${email}"
done
email_list.txt:
name=missy [email protected]
name=joe [email protected]
Output:
Username: missy, email address: [email protected]
Username: joe, email address: [email protected]
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Doug
There are many ways to do this. However, it depends on what you are doing with it, and how many records you have in your file.